Membership & Recruitment
It’s time to escape the indoors and help families discover the joys of Scouting! Together, let’s get back outside! Back to fun, family, and friends! Back to helping young people become the best future versions of themselves. Real nature, real friendships, real excitement! It’s time to help families discover Scouting! More importantly, we need to invite new families to join!
Use the resources on these pages to find a local scout unit and engage interested families to join the Transatlantic Council.
Are you transferring in from another Scout Council? Scroll down to the Membership Registration flow chart to learn how to join or how to transfer your membership from one Council to another.
TAC Recruiting Toolkit 2024
(click on the various tabs below)
TAC Recruiting Toolkit User Guide Your guide to the entire Toolkit!
TAC unit recruiting flier template: “Scouting. TAC. Now.” A recruiting template in Microsoft Word, for easy creation of a flier specific to your own units. 2 pages in color, to print on a single sheet of A4/Letter paper, or to email as a pdf. Just fill in a few blanks, and adjust a few facts to relate directly to your own units and country, and you’re done! All spots to adjust are highlighted in yellow for easy viewing. Geared to youth, and their parents. Text can also be lifted for other uses.
Troop Recruiting Kit A detailed checklist of what to bring to recruiting events; and a list of ideas for recruiting activities.
Girls in TAC video – Sage 30-second video by a TAC Eagle, about the friendship, skills, and leadership she has gained in Scouts BSA.
Girls in TAC video – Riley 30-second video by a TAC Life Scout, about her love of camping in TAC, and the friendships she has gained in Scouts BSA.
Girls in Packs and Troops – A Guide For Families Geared directly to families considering TAC Scouting.
“Scouting. TAC. Now.” This PDF flyer answers the questions: Why BSA Scouting? Why TAC? Why Now? Geared to youth, and their parents. Can be distributed as is, and/or text can be lifted for other uses. (Use this link to customize the flyer for your unit: Customizable flyer)
BSA Recruiting Resources Home Page This links to a wide array of excellent materials, designed specifically for unit leaders. Updated for 2023, while retaining the best parts from 2022.
Some individual highlights are here separately:
TAC How-To Guide for BSA Unit Marketing Tools This provides a path through the BSA Brand Center, and easy instructions on creating your own custom 4×6 troop recruiting card with your unit’s QR code.
“Adventure On!” materials in the BSA Brand Center Fliers, posters, logos and more. The latest customizable recruiting materials. Download, print and go!
“Adventure On!” 2023 Recruiting Campaign Kit This provides step-by-step tips to host a successful joining event – from planning to promotion to follow up. It includes a set of integrated marketing elements designed to work together to help you build a successful event.
BSA in the News: National newspaper article from the BSA National Jamboree, celebrating Scouting and girls in Scouts BSA, August 2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/10/girlhood-boy-scouts-jamboree/
The most positive article on Scouting in a major media outlet in years. It celebrates Scouting, the jamboree, and most importantly the experience girls are having in Scouts BSA. Scouting is described as the solution to the negative impact of COVID on youth development, today’s digital culture, and so much more. The Washington Post is the 4th largest newspaper in the US. The reporter and a Pulitzer prize winning photographer visited the jamboree for more than two days, after working with the BSA team for weeks.
TAC in the News:
Scouting Magazine is an online magazine and blog site that posts regular articles to promote and inform about Scouting BSA. The Transatlantic Council was featured in two articles in 2022:
How the Normandy Camporee helps the Transatlantic Council fulfill its role as custodians of Omaha Beach
How the Normandy Camporee helps the Transatlantic Council fulfill its role as custodians of Omaha Beach (scoutingmagazine.org)
Scouts BSA training aids family’s escape from Ukraine
Scouts BSA training aids family’s escape from Ukraine (scoutingmagazine.org)
Each unit in TAC has access to a special QR code and a recruitment web link that you can put on fliers, include in emails, or place in social media.
Want customizable flyers for your unit? Click here!
Need your unit’s QR code? The unit Key 3 can find it on the Invitation Manger link in their my.scouting.org account.
Need to find a unit? We have a map and list of signup links for all Scout units in the Transatlantic Council.
Here’s a link to the super-cool new Scout Life Mini-Mag for Cub Scout recruiting: https://scoutlife.org/minimag/
Give this link to every Cub leader, so they can distribute it to potential recruits; and to current Cub families, so they can share it with their friends. It can be downloaded as a pdf, or read online. Published in fall 2022, but timeless. What’s your favorite part: the “Science of the Pinewood Derby” article by a former NASA engineer; the “Think & Grin” jokes; or something else?
New Member?
Send them your Unit’s URL found at https://www.tac-bsa.org/join-scouting/ or from the invitation manager on my.scouting.org
Send them your Unit’s URL found at https://www.tac-bsa.org/join-scouting/ or from the invitation manager on my.scouting.org
Non-US adults must use paper applications.
- They must Completely fill out all fields of the Adult Application. Please try to not leave a blank field.
- For the Social security number field please write ‘NON-US-CITZ’
- All signatures are required.
- Their signature and initials (x2)
- Signature of the Charter Org Rep – approving the adult to join the unit.
- They must provide a PDF of their Youth Protection Training Certificate. Training is taken on My.scouting.org
- Conduct a telephone reference check to verify their information. Your unit should keep this on file for future reference.
- A member of our professional staff will contact you to verify that a member of your unit has conducted the reference check.
All documents are then sent to your District Executive for processing.
INCOMPLETE DOCUMENTS cause long delays – submit correct and complete forms please!
Transfer?
Follow the guide found Here
Send them your Unit’s URL found at https://www.tac-bsa.org/join-scouting/ or from the invitation manager on my.scouting.org
Membership Registration Flowchart
Use this to help people get registered in your unit!
Important Note for Out of Council transfers –
When using the unit’s sign-up link, have the parent transfer their Scouts first!
Non-U.S. Adults must use paper (PDF) applications.
Unit Leadership: When using paper (PDF) applications for an adult without a U.S. Social Security Number, please ensure that ALL required signatures are in place before submitting. This will greatly reduce processing time.
All non-U.S. citizen applicants must:
- Completely fill out all fields of the BSA ADULT APPLICATION. Please try to not leave any fields blank.
- In the ‘Social Security
Number’ field please enter “NON-US-CITZ”. - All initials, signatures, and dates are required.
- The applicant’s certifying initials (x2)
- The applicant’s signature
- The signature of the
Chartered Organization Representative – approving the adult
to join the unit
- In the ‘Social Security
- Complete, sign and date the
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES & BACKGROUND CHECK AUTHORIZATION FORM found in the second half of the above application. - Provide a PDF copy of their Youth Protection Training (YPT) Certificate. Training is available on my.scouting.org
The unit must:
- Conduct a telephone reference check to verify their identity and the information in their application.
- Your unit should keep this on file for future reference.
- Either confirm the completion of this check when submitting the application or a member of the council professional staff will contact you to verify that a member of your unit has conducted the reference check.
- Determine how the National and Overseas Council fees are to be paid. By either:
- A Unit Deposit Account (UDA) debit, or
- The individual paying directly to TAC using the following link: SecurePay
- Send all completed, signed, and dated documents; the telephone reference check confirmation; and the source of fee payment to your District Executive for processing.
INCOMPLETE DOCUMENTS cause delays. Submit correct and complete forms please!
Send them your Unit’s URL found at
https://www.tac-bsa.org/join-scouting/
or from the invitation manager on
my.scouting.org
